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signifyin(g)

signifyin(g) is the alternative form of signifyin'.

Meaning of signifyin'

Noun

signifyin' (uncountable)

  1. A practice in African-American culture of exploiting the gap between the denotative and figurative meanings of words, as by insulting someone to show them affection.

Questions about signifyin(g)

What is signifyin(g) the alternative form of?
Signifyin(g) is the alternative form of signifyin'.

Words near signifyin(g) in the dictionary

  1. signifiest
  2. signifieth
  3. signifigance
  4. signify
  5. signifyin'
  6. signifyin(g)
  7. signifying
  8. signifying chain
  9. signifying chains
  10. signifying monkey
  11. signifying monkeys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: signifyin(g) (page history and authors); signifyin' (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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